Happy 4th of July weekend to Stereogum’s American commentariat. What should be on our Summer Sixteen BBQ playlists aside from Angel Olsen? If you have any suggestions please share those Tidal links in the comments.

@andy_james: As someone who personally oversees dozens of posts about “good indie rock without the bullshit drama” every day, this is a really insulting assessment of what we do. Quality new music is not something you have to look hard to find here; it’s the majority of what we do and the backbone of the site.

Feels kind of harsh to me for Tom to say Kendrick is “in his cave” like we haven’t heard from him in years. He just put out a masterpiece last year, and even blessed us with a very good album of leftover songs just 3 months ago.

Please. “ghettoizing and demeaning our creations, then stealing them, gentrifying our genius, then trying us on like costumes before discarding our bodies like rinds of strange fruit.”…this is exactly what JT’s career is built on! This is why he’s getting backlash on Twitter. What is difficult to comprehend?